non feeding blue beauty

My male blue beauty has been refusing food for the last two weeks and Im beginning to worry. He has always been a STRONG feeder usuallypounding 4-6 large mice a week but now he just looks at the mouse. I wasthinking what could have caused this and I think that he might be getting the scent from my female which is in the cage above him. The maleis 4yrs. old while the female is 3. Could this be what is happening? I wouldlike to breed them but am unsure if the female is large enough. She is around5 feet while the male is slightly more than 6. The female is skinny but solid and feels more solid than the male. Will they stop feeding during this time?Thanks a ton, Alex